Idle Painter vs Idle Press
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Painter
Build and upgrade your art studio, learn new drawing styles, and create as many pictures as you can. Become a master artist in this engaging simulation game.
- Build art studio
- Upgrade tools
- Learn new styles
- Draw pictures
- Become a master artist
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Build your own art studio, upgrade your tools, learn new styles and draw as much pictures as possible! Become a master! Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use
Idle Press
Experience the satisfaction of owning and operating a powerful industrial press. Crush a variety of objects with satisfying physics and see how much you can destroy.
- Operate a powerful industrial press
- Crush a variety of objects
- Satisfying physics simulation
- Personal press ownership simulation
- Unlimited crushing
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Always wanted to own your personal press and crush all the stuff? Now you can make it real! Powerful industrial press is right inside of your iPhone. Crush as hard as you want. Crush it all. Will it crush? Sure it will!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Idle Press at none against Idle Painter's shown. Idle Press also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Idle Painter's advantage is review sentiment (62% vs 32%) and ratings volume (32K vs 3K). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Idle Painter sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Press sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Idle Painter against 4.6 for Idle Press. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Painter has 32K ratings behind it against 3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Idle Painter's written reviews are positive against 32% of Idle Press's.
Idle Painter ships an update every 4 months, Idle Press monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Painter | Idle Press |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (32K ratings) — better | 4.6 (3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.4% of reviews — better | 32.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32K — better | 3K |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 263 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SayGames LTD | Zplay (Beijing) Info. Tech. Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Idle Painter
Idle Press
User reviews
Idle Painter
From 32K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful and creative artwork
- 👍 Relaxing and soothing gameplay
- 🚀 Fast painting process
- 💎 Satisfying to watch pictures come to life
Room to improve
- 🔍 Limited number of pictures to paint
- 🔍 Repetitive gameplay after completing all pictures
- 🔍 Frequent and unskippable ads
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs causing lost progress
Idle Press
From 3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast progress
- 🎮 Satisfying gameplay
- 🕰️ Relaxing experience
- 💰 Generous rewards
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of content/features
- 💢 Excessive ads
- 🚫 Paid ad removal not working
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
Bugs and requests
Idle Painter
Reported bugs
3 issues- Paintings not showing up correctly in the top frame
- Inability to watch videos to unlock new paintings
- Game crashing when completing certain quests
Requested features
5 requests- More pictures and painting options
- Ability to replay favorite paintings
- Option to disable vibration after completing paintings
- Auto-sell feature to continue painting without manual interaction
- Prestige or reset system to provide more long-term progression
Idle Press
Reported bugs
3 issues- Gems/money getting stuck after upgrades
- Ads shown despite paid ad removal
- Offline progress not tracking properly
Requested features
4 requests- More content and progression
- Improved ad implementation
- Better offline/idle functionality
- Visual improvements
In-app purchases
Idle Painter
- 100 Crystals Pack$0.99
- 300 Crystals Pack$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- 1000 Crystals Mega Pack$4.99
Idle Press
- 15 Gems Pack$0.99
- No ADS$1.99
- 90 Gems Pack$4.99
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- 210 Gems Pack$9.99
- 480 Gems Pack$19.99
- 1275 Gems Pack$49.99
- 2850 Gems Pack$99.99
Questions
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